Women have had a considerable impact on the shape of opera music from the baroque era to the modern day. We're celebrating the contributions of these women as part of our Festival of Female Composers.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. OPERATIC heroines often get a raw deal. They get stabbed, betrayed and buried alive. They swallow ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. For Sydney Eisteddfod hopeful Kirsten Jones, life in opera began when the principal at the small ...

Eight female artists from the State Opera and Ballet of Türkiye are preparing to bring the arias and stories of unforgettable female characters from opera to music lovers in a special concert marking ...

Holland-Batt grew up around classical music. Her engineer father, Tony, was an enthusiastic amateur pianist and composer. Car trips were accompanied by recordings of Beethoven, Grieg and Rachmaninov.

From Strozzi through to Smyth, and all through modern music, you don't have to look far to find that some of the best music for opera and song has been composed by women. The best part? Australia has ...